Hat-pin.



PATENTED JAN. 81, 1905.

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HAT PIN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23,1904.

UNTTED STATES Patented January 31, 1905.

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HAT-PlN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,574, dated January 31, 1905.

Application filed September 28, 1904. Serial No. 226,277.

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Be it known that 1, WILLIAM Tlrnarmu, a citizen of the United States, residing at (rermantown, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hat-Pins, of which the t'ollmving is a specification.

.\ly invention relates to a new and useful improvement in hat-pins, and has for its object to provide a hat-pin which cannot be removed from the hat, but can be withdrawn from the hair, so thatthehat may be removed.

\Vith these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specitiailly designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, the construction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a sectional view of a portion of a hat, showing my improved hat-pin applied thereto; Fig. 2. a longitudinalsection through a portion of the end of the hat-pin and the retainer; Fig. 3, an inside elevation of Fig. 2; Fig. -.t. an elevation of the body portion of the retainer; Fig. an elevation of the retainerplate.

A represents the hat-pin, the point of which is enlarged and pointed. as shown at A.

1% represents the body portion of the retainer, which is in the form of a Hat plate B, adapted to lie against the inside of the crown of the hat and be sewed thereto through the slots B" and B. ()t' course instead of slots ordinary eyelet-holes mightbe used, if desired. U is a tubular portion extending from the plate B, and this tubular portion extends inward from the crown of the hat, and the opening through t to tubular portion is large enough to allow l the enlarged portion A of the pin to pass t irough.

l) is the retainer-plate, which is provided with slots I). This retainer-plate is provided at the center with a buttonhole-slot E, and the enlarged portion of the buttonhole-slot E may pass over the enlarged end of the pin A, and

then when the retainer-plate is slipped to one side the smaller portion of the buttonhole-slot will be behind the end A of the pin, and thus the pin cannot be withdrawn from the retainer. The slots D of the retainer-plate when in 1 this position will be in alinement with the slots It" of the plate B, and these two plates are then sewed through these slots to the crown of the hat, holding them rigidly in this position. it will thus be seen that while the pin can be withdrawn from the hair suiiiciently to allow the hat to be removed the pin cannot be withdrawn from the retainer, and thus there is no danger of losing the pins, as they always remain with the hat; but at any time it is desired to change the pin this may be easily done by loosening the retainer-plate and slipping it to one side. Another advantage of this device is that there is only one opening made through the crown of the hat for the hat-pin --that is, the opening through which the pin passes "and therefore the hatcrown is never marred and destroyed by innumerable holes, such as are made when or dinary hat-pins are used. \Vhen the pin is withdrawn, the enlargedend proceeds into the tubular portion of the retainer, and thus the pin is prevented from catching in the hair as the hat is removed.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact construction here shown, as slight modilications could be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

llaving thus fully described my invention, what 1 claim as new and useful is In a device of the character described, a plate secured to the inside ol' the crown ol the hat, a tubular guide extending through the crown of the hat and formed with said plate, a hat-pin extend ing through said tubular guide and enlarged to a greater diameter at the point, the opening through the tubular guide and plate being large enough to admit of the passage therethrough of the enlarged point, a retaining-plate adapted to be secured upon the inside of the other plate, said retainingplate being provided with a buttonhole-slot, the enlarged portion of said buttonhole-slot being large enough to pass over the enlarged point of the pin, but the smaller portion of the buttonhole-slot being smaller in width fixed my signature in the presence of tWo subthan the diameter of tlie enlarged point, said scribing Witnesses. retaining-plate acleptec to be secured in posi- 7 tion With the larger portion of the buttonhole- VHLLIAM TREIBAR' 5 slot out of alinernent with the pin, as and for Witnesses:

the purpose specified. CHAS. H. DOUGHERTY,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto at" l EDWARD OLIVER. 

